Sea Patrol (season 5)
Sea Patrol V: Damage Control | |
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Country of origin | Australia |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Release | |
Original network | Nine Network |
Original release | 26 April – 12 July 2011 |
Season chronology |
The fifth and final series of the Australian drama Sea Patrol began airing as Sea Patrol 5: Damage Control on 26 April 2011. The Nine Network has confirmed that series 5, which comprised comprise thirteen episodes each with a stand-alone story, would be the last series of Sea Patrol, due to a reliance of government rebates which expired after 68 episodes.[1]
Casting
Main Cast
Recurring cast
Actor/actress | Character |
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Tammy MacIntosh | Commander Maxine "Knocker" White |
Ditch Davey | Captain Jim Roth |
Renai Caruso | Madelaine Cruise |
Episodes
Series episode |
Season episode |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Viewers (millions) |
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56 | 1 | "The Third Man"[2] | Steve Mann | John Ridley | 26 April 2011 | 1.941[2] |
While out in a town celebrating Kates upcoming promotion, the bar they are in is destroyed by a bomb. 2Dads is thought to be lost as he was close to the blast zone but is found and confirms it was caused by a suicide bomber. In response to this attack, SAS Commander Jim Roth returns to debrief the crew along with Madeleine Cruise, who is immediately dismissive of Dutchy and wants him far away from her. RO later confirms that Madeleine is a 'spook', a government agent with an agenda and she drafts the crew to help her find out if the bombing was an isolated incident or the start of a massive terrorist attack. | ||||||
57 | 2 | "Eye for an Eye"[3] | Geoff Bennett | Marcia Gardner | 3 May 2011 | 0.675[3] |
During a boarding to arrest 2 bank robbers, Dutchy is shot by a masked female accomplice and Kate kills her in self defense. The woman is later revealed to be Isabelle McGinley the younger sister of Heath McGinley, one of the robbers who managed to escape police custody with his partner. Kate then finds herself being terrorized by McGinley, who is trying to kill her to avenge his sister, first attacking her at NAVCOM and then when Dutchy went to her home to get some clothes, McGinley was already inside. Meanwhile, Ryan White has just graduated from Naval College and invited Bird to a graduation party. While there, they and 2Dads are approached by a young man named Corey, who challenges them to a speedboat race, which ends in 2Dads being arrested while Corey escaped. Later that night, 2Dads is drugged and has his uniform and ID stolen, which is used by a mystery man to access the Navy Base and attack Kate, though he escapes from Dutchy and Mike. While being chewed out, 2Dads identifies the attacker as Corey, who they realize was targeting a member of the Hammersley crew to get to Kate. Worse, Bird has disappeared, and Corey is soon identified as Corey McGinley, brother of Heath and Isabelle. Now the crew must muster all hands to stop 2 revenge-driven murderers and rescue Bird. | ||||||
58 | 3 | "Crimes of Passion"[4] | Steve Mann | Jeff Truman | 10 May 2011 | 0.603[4] |
59 | 4 | "Spoils of War"[5] | Geoff Bennett | Philip Dalkin | 17 May 2011 | 0.718[5] |
60 | 5 | "Dead Zone"[6] | Steve Mann | Catherine Ferla | 24 May 2011 | 0.658[6] |
61 | 6 | "The Stinger"[7] | Geoff Bennett | Marcia Gardner | 31 May 2011 | 0.645[7] |
The crew go undercover to stop a gang network. | ||||||
62 | 7 | "Black Flights"[8] | Steve Mann | Jeff Truman | 31 May 2011 | 0.389[8] |
Charge has a health problem. Charge and 2Dads find out about UFO which leads them to a drug gang. Mike suspects a local police officer as a drug criminal. Ryan and Bird befriends a person who has a dangerous secret. | ||||||
63 | 8 | "Lifeline"[9] | Geoff Bennett | Philip Dalkin | 7 June 2011 | 0.713[9] |
2Dads is trapped in a small submarine with oxygen running out fast. | ||||||
64 | 9 | "Dead Sea"[10] | Steve Mann | John Ridley | 14 June 2011 | 0.493[10] |
The crew are sent to investigate a terrorist network which later results a murder on board the warship. | ||||||
65 | 10 | "The Hunted"[11] | Geoff Bennett | John Ridley | 21 June 2011 | 0.532[11] |
The crew are captured by armed men but later escape. | ||||||
66 | 11 | "The Morning After"[12] | Steve Mann | Philip Dalkin | 28 June 2011 | 0.752[12] |
Charge made love with a woman who wanted to go to Australia. Her father captures her and Charge. | ||||||
67 | 12 | "Saving Ryan"[13] | Geoff Bennett | Jeff Truman | 5 July 2011 | 0.820[13] |
Ryan White joins a private security firm, GD Securities. The crew discovered a fishing boat destroyed by GD Securities. They claimed that the fishing boat fired on them first. Davidson of GD Securities later kills his own men and makes a deal with a blood diamond dealer. The crew arrested him. | ||||||
68 | 13 | "One Perfect Day"[14] | Steve Mann | Marcia Gardner | 12 July 2011 | 0.843[15] |
Jim and Kate are engaged. The Crew are trying to prevent a dirty bomb from happening. Jim and Swain are killed in an explosion after trying to disarm a bomb. Kate feels guilty. At the end of the credits, it shows that Mike and Kate end up getting hitched. |
See also
References
- ↑ "Series 5 Confirmation Interview with Hal and Di". Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- 1 2 "The Third Man". Sea Patrol Episodes. Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- 1 2 "Eye for an Eye". Sea Patrol Episodes. Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
- 1 2 "Crimes of Passion". Sea Patrol Episodes. Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
- 1 2 "Spoils of War". Sea Patrol Episodes. Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
- 1 2 "Dead Zone". Sea Patrol Episodes. Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
- 1 2 "The Stinger". Sea Patrol Episodes. Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- 1 2 "Black Fights". Sea Patrol Episodes. Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
- 1 2 "Lifeline". Sea Patrol Episodes. Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- 1 2 "Dead Sea". Sea Patrol Episodes. Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- 1 2 "The Hunted". Sea Patrol Episodes. Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- 1 2 "The Morning After". Sea Patrol Episodes. Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- 1 2 "Saving Ryan". Sea Patrol Episodes. Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 28 June 2011.
- ↑ "One Perfect Day". Sea Patrol Episodes. Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 5 July 2011.
- ↑ "Sea Patrol 5 – Damage Control: episode guide". Sea Patrol Episodes. Australian Television. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- General references
- "Sea Patrol – Episode Guide". MSN TV. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- "Sea Patrol Episodes – Series 5 (2011)". Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
- T. Zuk. "Sea Patrol 5 – Damage Control: episode guide". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
External links
- List of Sea Patrol season 5 episodes at TV.com